19 Jun 1885
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Newspaper
Wessington Springs Herald
Location
Wessington, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1885
Page
1
Valley items include weather, lightning injuries, election notes, social events, and church activities. Reports mention Wessington Springs store construction, a lightning strike injury, town society meetings, school events, and a July Fourth invitation for Sunday schools, with obituaries and local developments across Jerauld county.
A Jerauld county Sunday school association celebration at Wessington Springs planned for July 4 has been abandoned due to a lack of cooperation within the executive committee over games and sports arranged for the event. Linus Blank, Sec. Jorauld Co. 8.8. Association London, June 6. The Pall Mall Gazette reports a final settlement of England and Russia north west Afghan boundary disputes with a commission to delineate the boundary on site. The Vensdeh incident will be referred to Denmark for arbitration. Subscribe for the Hera. ING OUR NATIONAL DAY.
Minutes record committee plans for June celebration at the courthouse. Procession, readings, music, and speeches are set. events include dinner, a $18 baseball purse, foot and wheelbarrow races with prizes, and a town lot donation for the horse race. Also notes local visitors, marriages, school elections, and loan offers.
The postmaster general awarded the American Bank Note company of New York a four year contract to furnish postage stamps. The annual total amounts to 103,959.61 with 4,442.79 for postage due and other issues. Ordinary stamps will cost 5.09 cents per thousand, a saving from 19 cents under the present contract.
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